American McGee's Grimm

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American McGee's Grimm is an adventure game from famed developer American McGee. It offers a twisted version of the venerable Grimm's Fairy Tales. The game is available exclusively through GameTap. The game has a great art style, but very basic gameplay. Some of the game and art decisions leave me wondering what the hell goes through McGee's mind. Grimm peeing any time you stop walking, to mark his spot to jump? Please, even 2nd graders aren't as juvenile. I understand the idea, but having him spit would have even been far less sophomoric. All in all, the art style and stories are great. But they aren't enough to overcome the simplistic gameplay and crudeness. Certainly doesn't live up to the hype.

Support Summary

Widescreen
Ultra/Super‑Wide
Multi-Monitor
4K Ultra HD
Support
Method
HUD
Cutscenes
FMVs

Game Information

Game Status:Released
Release Date:
Tested Version:"Retail" version available through GameTap
Play Styles:Single-Player

Screenshots Comparison

4:3 Screenshot
16:10 Screenshot
16:9 Screenshot
21:9 Screenshot
A monitor with a question mark on it. The text above it reads "There is currently no image uploaded for this field." There is a semi-transparent WSGF logo in the background, while the main background is white. The image aspect ratio is 21:9.
32:9 Screenshot
Eyefinity / Surround Screenshot
Solutions & Issues
Widescreen Solution & Issues:

Native. Select your resolution from the list in the options menu.

List of widescreen resolutions the game fails to run at: 1440x900, TH2Go resolutions not supported.
Note, the game lists 1400x1050 as a widescreen resolution. It is a 4:3 resolution, and the game plays in a 4:3 aspect.

Eyefinity / Surround Specific Solution & Issues:

None. It might be possible to force it in the first episode with a .ini edit, we didn't bother testing, since the rest of the episodes are only available through GameTap and therefore don't have visible .ini files to edit.

4:3 Screenshot
16:10 Screenshot
16:9 Screenshot
21:9 Screenshot
A monitor with a question mark on it. The text above it reads "There is currently no image uploaded for this field." There is a semi-transparent WSGF logo in the background, while the main background is white. The image aspect ratio is 21:9.
32:9 Screenshot
Eyefinity / Surround Screenshot
4:3 Cutscene
16:9 Cutscene
15:9 Resolutions:1280x768
16:10 Resolutions:
16:9 Resolutions:
Unsupported Resolutions:1440x900